Daniel Fried
| Daniel Fried | |
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| Coordinator for Sanctions Policy | |
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In office January 28, 2013 – February 27, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| United States Special Envoy for the Closure of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility | |
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In office May 15, 2009 – January 28, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Cliff Sloan |
| Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs | |
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In office May 5, 2005 – May 14, 2009 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Jones |
| Succeeded by | Philip Gordon |
| United States Ambassador to Poland | |
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In office November 27, 1997 – May 6, 2000 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Rey |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 64–65) |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University Columbia University |
Daniel Fried is a former senior career diplomat of the United States who carried the rank of Ambassador and last served as Coordinator for Sanctions Policy. He served as a Special Envoy to facilitate the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp located in Cuba until January 2013. Fried's Guantanamo office was shut down on January 28, 2013. Previously, he was the top U.S. diplomat in Europe, and prior to that he was the U.S. Ambassador to Poland.
Fried received a B.A., "magna cum laude" from Cornell University in 1974. After earning a master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in 1977, Fried entered the Foreign Service. He was employed in the Economic Bureau of the State Department from 1977 to 1979; at the U.S. Consulate General in then-Leningrad from 1980 to 1981; as Political Officer in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade from 1982 to 1985; and in the Office of Soviet Affairs at the State Department from 1985 to 1987. Ambassador Fried was Polish Desk Officer at the State Department from 1987 to 1989 as democracy returned to Poland and Central Europe. He served as Political Counselor in the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw from 1990 to 1993. Between 1993 and 1997 he was on the staff of the National Security Council, ultimately serving as Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton. While working at the White House, Fried was active in designing U.S. policy on Euro-Atlantic security, including NATO enlargement and the Russia-NATO relationship.
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